Martinus Bucerus. (Martin Bucer)

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• ARTIST: Rene Boyvin

• MEDIUM: Engraving,

  DATE: c.1545

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 6 3/4 x 4 7/8" (17.1 x 12.4 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: This mid-sixteenth-century engraving presents a half-length portrait of the Protestant reformer Martin Bucer (1491–1551), identified in Latin as Martinus Bucerus. The sitter is shown clean shaven and turned slightly in profile, wearing the robes associated with a learned theologian. His calm, introspective expression and composed posture reflect the intellectual authority expected in portraits of leading religious scholars of the Reformation era.<BR><BR> Portrait engravings of prominent reformers circulated widely during the sixteenth century, serving both as commemorative likenesses and as visual instruments for disseminating the identities of influential theologians throughout Protestant Europe. Bucer, active primarily in Strasbourg, was a significant mediator between Lutheran and Reformed traditions and participated in many of the theological debates that shaped the early development of Protestant doctrine. Late in his life he was invited to England during the reign of Edward VI of England, where he contributed to the reform of the English church.<BR><BR> The engraver, Rene Boyvin (c. 1525–1598), was a prominent figure of the French Renaissance and closely associated with the Fontainebleau school. Renowned for his refined engraving technique and sensitive handling of line, Boyvin translated a wide range of painted designs and portrait prototypes into prints that circulated broadly across Europe, helping to disseminate both artistic styles and the likenesses of notable historical figures during the mid-sixteenth century.

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• CONDITION: Good condition. Tipped on a 19th Century sheet of paper.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Portraits , Clergy